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Table 2 Malaria in pregnancy key words among 2,839 library items with the key words in the title*

From: The Malaria in Pregnancy Library: a bibliometric review

Indicator of pregnancy

n

%

Indicator of malaria

n

%

Pregnant* (Trimester, gestation, HCG, risk group or vulnerable group withreference to pregnancy)

1,824

64.2

Malaria

2,241

78.9

Placenta

505

17.8

P. falciparum

555

19.5

Congenital

220

7.7

P. vivax

42

1.5

Birth (birth weight, birth outcome, childbirth, stillbirth, abortion, delivery,parturition, premature, preterm, newborn, neonatal, child-bearing)

195

6.9

Other species

47

1.7

Maternal

183

6.4

Anti-malarial (either word or anti-malarialdrug)

451

15.9

IPTp

162

5.7

ITN or net

82

2.9

Foetus/foetal (Embryo, developmental toxicity, offspring, reproductivetoxicity, teratogenic, in utero, trophoblast)

149

5.2

Insecticide

46

1.6

Antenatal/prenatal/perinatal/postpartum (puerperal, postnatal)

120

4.2

Other (e.g. Anopheles gambiae, VAR2CSA,haemozoin, malaria specific antibodies)

15

0.5

Cord

56

2.0

 

Gravid (primigravidae, multigravidae)

47

1.7

   

CSA only

24

0.8

   

Breast milk

20

0.7

   

Diseases characteristic for pregnancy, e.g. pre-eclampsia, HELLPsyndrome

5

0.2

   
  1. Abbreviations: CSA chondroitin sulphate A; HCG human chorionic gonadotropin (a hormone produced during pregnancy); IPTp intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy; ITN insecticide treated nets.
  2. *An item can have more than one key word related to pregnancy or malaria in the title.